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"They are G8 - we are 7 Billion" 13.6.2013 Anti G8 Festival in Belfast
Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Belfast for a protest organised by the Irish
Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) on Saturday. Thousands more are expected to travel west for another rally
against the G8 summit in Enniskillen on Monday. The trade unions accuse the Government of scaremongering in
an attempt to put people off joining protests.
Program of the ICTU-Festival:
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“I will not stop working on behalf of my community.” 30.5.2013 | An Phoblacht
WITH HUNDREDS of residents and community workers taking to the streets of Twinbrook in west Belfast to show
solidarity with him against a reported ‘dissident’ death threat, Sinn Féin Councillor Stephen Magennis told
the "faceless thugs" who threatened him: "I will not stop working on behalf of my community."
The PSNI had visited the elected representative at his home to warn him of "an imminent threat" to his life
after he had criticised a gun attack on a PSNI patrol on Thursday of last week that had also placed the lives
of children playing nearby at risk. Speaking at the community-organised rally on Tuesday night in the Foxes
Glen area of Twinbrook against the ‘dissident’ threat, Magennis declared defiantly: "I have a mandate from
the people. The people who attacked this community and threatened me have no mandate and no support."
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Peoples' Referendum on Irish Unity 7.5.2013 | Sinn Féin Political Update No. 17, 7th May 2013
The electoral areas of Crossmaglen in South Armagh and Creggan Upper in North Louth will go to the polls in the first People's Referendum on Irish Unity on the 25th May.
'United Ireland - You Decide' A People's Referendum is a local community initiative, which sets out to begin the debate about Irish unity at a grassroots level and specifically to raise awareness of the provision for a Border Poll in the Good Friday Agreement. It is an initiative to let the people have their say.
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Death of Margaret Thatcher 8. April 2013 | Uschi Grandel
"Margaret Thatcher will be especially remembered for her shameful role during the epic hunger strikes of 1980 and 81."
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams commenting on the death today of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said:
“Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as British Prime Minister.
Working class communities were devastated in Britain because of her policies.
Her role in international affairs was equally belligerent whether in support of the Chilean dictator Pinochet, her opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa; and her support for the Khmer Rouge.
Here in Ireland her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering.
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Pól Mac Adaim on the road in Germany April 3, 2013 | Uschi Grandel
"One man revolution” and "My name is Troy Davis" Tour 2013 from end of April until mid of May:
Essen, Wuppertal, Hamburg, Münster, Darmstadt, Stuttgart, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Heidenheim/Aalen,
Berlin, Cottbus.
Pól Mac Adaim writes about himself on his website:
"I was born in Belfast, in the heart of the war often referred to as 'The Troubles' I began playing
Irish traditional music at the age of 9 and through the years I learned to play in a wide range of
genres, including Folk, Appalachian, Cajun, Rock, Soul and Contemporary. I play a variety of
instruments ranging from tin whistles, Traditional Irish flute,
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On the path to peace respect prisoners´ rights 25.March 2013 | International Declaration on the Basque Country
Twelf international known human rights experts from different countries demand
from Spain and France "new steps to go on towards a political solution to the conflict".
Piedad Esneda Cordoba Ruiz from Colombia, Bill Bowring from Great Britain, Nelly Maes from
Flanders, Nora Morales de Cortiñas from Argentina, Essa Mossa from South Afrika, George Mavrikos
from Greece, Michael Tubiana from Algeria, Alexander Moumbaris from Egypt, Padre Alberto
Franco from Colombia, Javier Giraldo Moreno from Colombia, Peter Madden from Ireland
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40th Anniversary of the New Lodge Six Killings by British Army February 3, 2013 | Uschi Grandel
Todays vigil at 6pm in Duncairn Parade, in New Lodge in Belfast remembers Jim Sloan, Jim McCann,
Tony Campbell, Brendan Maguire, John Loughran and Ambrose Hardy.
The six men were murdered within 90 minutes in the night of February 3, 1973 by the British Army.
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Streets of Bilbao too small 17.1.2013 | basquepeaceprocess.info
More than one hundred thousand people filled the streets of Bilbao this past Saturday to demand
“Human Rights, Solution, Peace. Basque prisoners to the Basque Country”.
Thousands and thousands of anonymous people coming from all parts of the Basque Country, but also from different parts of the state and different parts of the world demanded in Bilbao the end of the penitentiary policy that the Spanish and French states apply to Basque political prisoners.
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Third night of loyalist riots 6.1.2013 | Irish Republican News
A loyalist gunman opened fire tonight in east Belfast as three nights of rioting by the
paramilitary UVF escalated. Tonight again saw attacks against both the PSNI police and
residents of the nationalist Short Strand enclave.
The PSNI said they had come under fire and arrested a loyalist on suspicion of attempted
murder. While examples of British state forces in the North coming under fire from
unionist paramilitaries are extremely rare, the incident marks a potentially significant
development in the UVF's campaign of terror.
There have been paramilitary-orchestrated protests in Belfast since early December when Alliance members on Belfast City Council voted with Sinn Fein and the SDLP to restrict the number of days on which the British union flag flies over City Hall to 15 from 365.
The violence, which stopped over Christmas, began again on Thursday.
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"My Mummy Was Murdered By British Paratroopers" - the family members of the eleven civilians, who were murdered by the British regiment 1-para in Ballymurphy in August 1971 organized a "march for truth". More than 1000 people took part.
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